AMARILLO, TEXAS
City Commission
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, for the past 100 years, the United States Department of Labor has
fostered, promoted, and developed the welfare of wage earners, job seekers, and retirees of
this country; and

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Labor has continually sought to make
the American workplace safer, healthier and fairer for everyone; and

WHEREAS, working families in the City of Amarillo, across the country, and across
the world have benefitted from the United States Department of Labor's efforts to assure work related
benefits and rights, including the right to be paid fairly for every hour labored; and

WHEREAS, the United States Department of Labor has evolved to meet the
changing needs of a changing workforce by partnering with employers, community
organizations and institutions of higher learning to improve job training , provide lifelong learning
opportunities and advance efforts for profitable employment; and

WHEREAS, the impact of the United States Department of Labor has reached
outside the confines of the workplace, touching people's lives at all stages, by allowing parents
to take leave and tend to loved ones; training veterans and young people for the careers of a
lifetime; and guaranteeing the pensions of retired workers; and

WHEREAS, the inestimable value of the services provided by the United States
Department of Labor will remain of paramount importance to the well-being of all Americans and
that it will address tomorrow's conditions, and meet the needs of future workers with the same
insight, foresight and passion it has shown for the past century;

NOW, THEREFORE,

WE, MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSIONERS, of the City of Amarillo, Texas,
do hereby proclaim March 4, 2013 as

"Centennial Anniversary Day for the
United States Department of Labor"

and ask that all residents of this community join us in celebrating.

GIVEN UNDER OUR HANDS AND SEAL OF OFFICE this 5th day of February
2013.